For me, I am disturbed that the NSW police would use a pre-teen to further their case. By keeping the child in a situation where the child would be deemed at risk.
If they think this won't have negative ramifications on this child's life in the future, I think they are mistaken.
The FM broke the law by striking a foster child. The police knew that law had been broken, yet left the child in the situation and the law was broken again.
Will this further William's case, or will the Coroners (or other) Court see this as a set-up/entrapment?
As I said before, other than the first charge, the police could have avoided the rest of the behaviour that was charged - and spared the child. There should have been one charge, and then removal of the child. imo